In the late 1980′s, a lot of people told me that I looked like Peter Scolari. And, I totally got that – really, I did. And, then, in the early 1990′s, I had more than a few people tell me that I looked like Harrison Ford. That didn’t bother me, I took it as a compliment. (Around 1989-90, once, at a party, a girl – who was a bit buzzed at the time – told me that I looked like Tommy Lee Jones. After I asked her if that was an insult, she said “Oh, no…he’s totally hot!)

When I got older, and lost my hair, the Scolari/Ford thing petered out. And, then, people started telling me that I looked like Gerald McRaney. This was in the mid-90′s after Major Dad had its run on TV. That’s was OK. I laughed it off most of the time. Later, after I shaved off my mustache, and with what little hair left on my head shaved close, some people started telling me that I looked like Bruce Willis. And, that was cool – as far as I was concerned.

In any event, today, I met someone for the first time ever – in a professional setting, no less. He introduced himself and then I told him who I was, in return. And, the very next words out of his mouth were “Has anyone ever told you that you look like actor Paul McCrane?”

I went to college in St. Louis, MO so I got asked if I was (1) Ken Caminiti and (2) Kurt Warner (then the QB of the Rams). Mind you, I wasn’t told that I looked like them, I was asked if I was them.

@ Raf:
Hmmm…I’m with Steve, I don’t really see Bernie either.

That’s hilarious that you have a buddy that looks like Frankie “Sweet Music” Viola.

@ Steve Lombardi:
I had to Google Paul McCrane to know what he looked like. First, I’m amazed that the person you met today could even make a reference to McCrane (unless he’s an ER fan). Second, I guess I could see a very outside resemblance but hardly a separated-at-birth sort of thing to where a complete stranger would mention it.